The 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards are going down next month and here is a look at the upcoming nominations for the show. The show will be hosted by Snoop Dogg and will air on October 13th.
Best Hip-Hop Video:
Big Sean (Feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign) – “Play No Games”
Big Sean (Feat. Drake & Kanye West) – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj (Feat. Beyoncé) – “Feeling Myself”
Best Collabo, Duo or Group:
Big Sean (Feat. Drake & Kanye West) – “Blessings”
Big Sean (Feat. E-40) – “IDFWU”
Fetty Wap (Feat. Monty) – “My Way”
Nicki Minaj (Feat. Beyoncé) – “Feeling Myself”
Nicki Minaj (Feat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne) – “Truffle Butter”
Best Live Performer:
Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Lyricist of the Year:
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
MVP of the Year:
Big Sean
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Track of the Year:
“Alright” – Produced by Pharrell Williams and Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blessings” – Produced by Boi-1da and Vinylz (Big Sean Feat. Drake and Kanye West)
“Commas” – Produced by DJ Spinz and Southside (Future)
“IDFWU” – Produced by DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West and Key Wane (Big Sean Feat. E-40)
“Trap Queen” – Produced by Tony Fadd (Fetty Wap)
Album of the Year:
Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise
Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
Wale – The Album About Nothing
Who Blew Up Award:
Bobby Shmurda
DeJ Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Tink
Hustler of the Year:
Dr. Dre
Drake
J. Cole
Jay Z
Nicki Minaj
Best Club Banger:
Big Sean (Feat. E-40) – “IDFWU” (Produced by DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane)
DeJ Loaf – “Try Me” (Produced by Dds)
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” (Produced by Tony Fadd)
Future – “Commas” (Produced by DJ Spinz & Southside)
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” (Produced by DJ Spinz & Nitti Beatz)
Best Mixtape:
Future – 56 Nights
Future – Beast Mode
Future – Monster
Lil’ Wayne – Sorry 4 The Wait 2
Travis Scott – Days Before Rodeo
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse:
Drake – “Blessings” (Big Sean Feat. Drake & Kanye West)
Drake – “My Way (Remix)” (Fetty Wap Feat. Drake)
E-40 – “IDFWU” (Big Sean Feat. E-40)
Kendrick Lamar – “Classic Man (Remix)” (Jidenna Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter” (Nicki MinajFfeat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne)
Impact Track:
Big Sean (Feat. Kanye West & John Legend) – “One Man Can Change The World”
Common and John Legend – “Glory” (From The Motion Picture “Selma”)
J. Cole – “Apparently”
J. Cole – “Be Free”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
People’s Champ Award:
Big Sean (Feat. Drake & Kanye West) – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Future – “Commas”
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Rae Sremmurd – “No Type”
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”
DJ of the Year:
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Esco
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
Producer of the Year:
DJ Mustard
J. Cole
Kanye West
Mike Will Made-It
Pharrell Williams
Timbaland
Video Director of the Year:
Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson/Lil Chris
Colin Tilley
Director X
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style):
A$AP Rocky
DeJ Loaf
Drake
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj